South Africa Health News API

Get the live top health headlines from South Africa with one request to the Top Headlines endpoint of GNews API. Stories are selected by Google News rankings and returned as clean JSON.

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This request returns the current top health headlines from South Africa. The response below is live: it was fetched when this page loaded. Every parameter is described in the Top Headlines endpoint documentation.

GET https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?category=health&country=za&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=health" \
  --data-urlencode "country=za" \
  --data-urlencode "apikey=YOUR_API_KEY"

import requests

API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY"

response = requests.get(
    "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines",
    params={"category": "health", "country": "za", "apikey": API_KEY},
    timeout=10,
)
response.raise_for_status()

for article in response.json()["articles"]:
    print(article["title"])

const API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY";

const params = new URLSearchParams({
    category: "health",
    country: "za",
    apikey: API_KEY,
});

const response = await fetch(`https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?${params}`);
if (!response.ok) {
    throw new Error(`Request failed: ${response.status}`);
}

const { articles } = await response.json();
for (const article of articles) {
    console.log(article.title);
}

<?php

$apiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

$query = http_build_query([
    "category" => "health",
    "country"  => "za",
    "apikey"   => $apiKey,
]);

$response = file_get_contents("https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?" . $query);
if ($response === false) {
    throw new RuntimeException("Request failed");
}

$data = json_decode($response, true);
foreach ($data["articles"] as $article) {
    echo $article["title"] . PHP_EOL;
}

using System.Net.Http.Json;

const string ApiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

using var client = new HttpClient();

var url = $"https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?category=health&country=za&apikey={ApiKey}";
var data = await client.GetFromJsonAsync<ApiResponse>(url)
           ?? throw new InvalidOperationException("Empty response");

foreach (var article in data.Articles)
{
    Console.WriteLine(article.Title);
}

record ApiResponse(List<Article> Articles);
record Article(string Title);

200 OK · Live JSON response

{
    "totalArticles": 13556,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "ad8e3848f7a3d91c6232c5074232cfbd",
            "title": "Ebola outbreak in DR Congo expands to 65th health zone",
            "description": "The Ebola outbreak in the DR Congo has expanded to a 65th health zone, with 9,066 confirmed cases and 4,381 deaths since May, according to the WHO.",
            "content": "The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has spread to a new health zone in Bas-Uele province. According to Anadolu Agency, the World Health Organization said Dakwa had become the new health zone affected by the Bundibugyo strain. S... [1555 chars]",
            "url": "https://ua.news/en/health/u-dr-kongo-spalakh-eboli-poshirivsia-na-65-tu-medichnu-zonu-anadolu-agency",
            "image": "https://cdn-cabinet.ua.news/uploads/images/ebola_outbreak_expands_to_65th_health_zo_1792013568447.webp",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T21:42:32Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "54b33233e9f0f396fe0c9e0f95f2a6f6",
                "name": "UA.NEWS",
                "url": "https://ua.news"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "7b68a8216e72f6bb4787ba5b4f8b0a7f",
            "title": "Médecins sans frontières (MSF) Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): In Popokabaka, cholera spreads as access to safe water remains limited",
            "description": "Since June this year, a cholera outbreak has been affecting the Popokabaka health zone, in DRC’s Kwango province. As of 22 July, 345 suspected cases and 21 deaths were reported across 26 of the health zone’s 35 health areas, representing a case fatality rate of 6.1 pe",
            "content": "Since June this year, a cholera outbreak has been affecting the Popokabaka health zone, in DRC’s Kwango province. As of 22 July, 345 suspected cases and 21 deaths were reported across 26 of the health zone’s 35 health areas, representing a case fatal... [4766 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.africa.com/apo/msf-drc-in-popokabaka-cholera-spreads-as-access-to-safe-water-remains-limited",
            "image": "https://www.africa-newsroom.com/files/large/372973de830a94f",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T19:16:25Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "79f9cd022233b56aff0eb2695deb443f",
                "name": "Africa.com",
                "url": "https://www.africa.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "ef48fae26155caa713217f23cfded4c9",
            "title": "Western Cape launches SA’s first public healthcare rewards programme",
            "description": "Starting with a pilot in Mitchells Plain, WOWRewards will test whether small rewards can incentivise residents to build healthier habits and access preventative healthcare more consistently.",
            "content": "The Western Cape Department of Health and Wellness has launched the country’s first rewards programme for citizens who make use of public healthcare.\nSouth Africans will be familiar with rewards programmes run by private medical schemes, like Discove... [1656 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.ewn.co.za/2026/10/14/western-cape-launches-sa-s-first-public-healthcare-rewards-programme",
            "image": "https://media-cache.primedia-service.com/media/jc2gsphv/wow-rewards.jpg?width=1200&height=630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T18:25:41Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "cb014f812e1cc6d0f1525c1dfdda1a42",
                "name": "EWN",
                "url": "https://www.ewn.co.za"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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